Freeview Light on the Balmullo (Fife, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Balmullo (Fife, Scotland) transmitter which serves less than 500 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Balmullo (Fife, Scotland) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Balmullo (Fife, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Balmullo transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C32 (562.0MHz) | 90m | DTG- | 2W |
 1 BBC One (SD) Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Alba, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 12 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C34 (578.0MHz) | 90m | DTG- | 2W |
 3 STV (SD) (STV North (Dundee micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Scotland ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Scotland ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C35 (586.0MHz) | 90m | DTG- | 2W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD Scotland, 103 ITV 1 HD (STV West), 103 STV HD (STV West), 104 Channel 4 HD Scotland ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 108 BBC Scotland HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?
The Balmullo (Fife, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Balmullo transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 103km west-southwest (237°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.2m homes 0.8%
from Dundee DD1 4QB, 9km north-northwest (342°)
to STV North (Dundee) region - 24 masts.
How will the Balmullo (Fife, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 27 Nov 2019 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | A K T | |||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | |||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 4 Aug 10 and 18 Aug 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 8W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6dB) 2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
11:33 PM
11:33 PM
BALMULLO transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 today to 20:03 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
BALMULLO transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 yesterday to 20:03 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 23 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
BALMULLO transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 on 21 Mar to 20:03 on 21 Mar. [BBC]
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Thursday, 7 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
BALMULLO transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:29 today to 00:36 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 8 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
BALMULLO transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:29 yesterday to 00:36 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 9 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
BALMULLO transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:29 on 07 Dec to 00:36 on 07 Dec. [BBC]
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Monday, 5 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
BALMULLO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:44 today to 13:43 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:44 today to 13:43 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
BALMULLO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:26 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:44 today to 13:43 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:26 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:44 today to 13:43 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:29 PM
10:29 PM
BALMULLO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:26 today to 18:50 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:44 today to 13:43 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:26 today to 18:50 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:44 today to 13:43 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 6 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
BALMULLO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:26 yesterday to 18:50 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:44 yesterday to 13:43 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:26 yesterday to 18:50 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:44 yesterday to 13:43 ye [BBC]
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